How to reinstall os x tiger without recovery disk?

turned on mac mini a1103 this morning to find grey screen with flashing folder. I have no boot disk and I have no experience in recovery?
How do I get the mac mini back up and running?

I agree the profile information is confusing but the a1103 is a G4. http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_mini/specs/mac_mini_g4_1.25.html
Do you have a bootable backup drive? Without that or without a boot disc you are strongly disadvantaged. There are ways you can attempt recovery but they are not simple.
If you don't have an installer disc available you can try effecting repairs using fsk in Single User Mode - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
Post by japamac about using fsk - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1649143

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